Corporate entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review and future research agenda

David Urbano (), Andreu Turro (), Mike Wright and Shaker Zahra ()
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David Urbano: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Andreu Turro: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Shaker Zahra: Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics, 2022, vol. 59, issue 4, No 11, 1565 pages

Abstract: Abstract This article analyzes the state of the art of the research on corporate entrepreneurship, develops a conceptual framework that connects its antecedents and consequences, and offers an agenda for future research. We review 310 papers published in entrepreneurship and management journals, providing an assessment of the current state of research and, subsequently, we suggest research avenues in three different areas: corporate entrepreneurship antecedents, dimensions and consequences. Even though a significant part of the overall corporate entrepreneurship literature has appeared in the last decade, most literature reviews were published earlier. These reviews typically cover a single dimension of the corporate entrepreneurship phenomenon and, therefore, do not provide a global perspective on the existing literature. In addition, corporate entrepreneurship has been studied from different fields and there are different approaches and definitions to it. This limits our understanding of accumulated knowledge in this area and hampers the development of further research. Our review addresses these shortcomings, providing a roadmap for future research.

Keywords: Corporate entrepreneurship; Intrapreneurship; Corporate venturing; Strategic renewal; Systematic literature review; Bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L25 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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